English Explanatory Dictionary

thingly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Pertaining to the substance of a work, separate from what is conveyed; material, substantive.
Actual; real; substantial.

Word forms

thingly more thingly most thingly

Etymology

From Middle English thingli, þingly; equivalent to thing + -ly. For sense development, compare Latin reālis.

Related words

deedly thingy workly

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